Tag: Peace

Did you see the sunrise this morning?

The horizon was like a golden blind

Did you read the news at lunchtime?

The headlines were dark and unkind

Did you watch the night sky fall this evening?

The stars looked like yellow pieces of shrapnel

Do you know our planet earth?

Exists only as a moment in time

Do you know that the universe?

Created all reason and rhyme

Do you understand Mr Shootin’ Putin?

That you are the world’s worst crime

Heartlessly deaf, cruelly dumb, and compassionately blind

Ivor Steven (c) April 2022

There are good clowns and bad clowns 

In yesterday’s nightmare, a big bad clown 

Trampled everyone in my friend’s hometown 

He wore a big Red nose and a big sad frown 

Destroying every peaceful thing around 

When his big red shoes kicked the ground 

The world’s worst fears were then found

To be in the hands of a bad Russian clown  

Ivor Steven (c) March 2022

This weekend the challenge from Weekly Prompts is: Variation. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here .. The below poem is my response to the prompt.

A Variation of the Same Theme


 

My usual lazy Saturday afternoon 

The sun is beaming like a silver spoon 

Here relaxing at my familiar save zone 

My favourite cafe, not far from home 

Then my mind begins to sadly ponder 

How the children are coping over yonder 

Without their afternoon coffee and fruitcake 

Without their young friends cuddles and handshakes 

Only to be left forsaken 

Clasping their frightened heartaches 

Ivor Steven (c) March 2022